John Trevor MP (1563 - 1630)

Born 4 Nov 1563 in Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire, Wales

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1630 at age 66 in Plas-Teg, Flintshire, Wales

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Biography

Sir John Trevor was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Birth and Parents

John was born on 4 Nov 1563, the 2nd son of John Trevor (d. 1589) of Trevalyn, Gresford, Denbighshire and Mary, daughter of Sir George Brydges of London. ^[1]

His father had been a servant of the Sackville family. ^[2]

Siblings

Sir Richard TREVOR, was one of the greatest landowners in the eastern half of Denbighshire. In 1630 when he died, his brother John's son John inherited Trevalyn Hall. ^[2]

John Trevor was the brother of Sir Richard and Thomas. ^[1]

Occupation

Sir John TREVOR, I (1563-1630), a Welshman who was Surveyor of the Queen's Ships under Elizabeth I. ^[2]

Trevor was a Welshman whose father had been a servant of the Sackville family. Lord Buckhurst referred in 1601 to his ‘cousin’ Trevor in a letter to Robert Cecil, and it may have been he who brought Trevor to the notice of Charles Howard the lord admiral. Trevor was in close attendance upon Howard by 1593, when he was returned for one of the Surrey boroughs dominated by the family. ^[1]

Marriage

On 24 May 1592 he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Hugh Trevanion of Caerhayes, Cornwall., 4s (1 d.v.p.) 2da. ^[1]

He was a Member of Parliament for various constituencies from 1593 until his death on 20 Feb 1630. ^[1]

Estate

He held a substantial Flintshire estate, but the family spent most of their time at their town house in & around London, England.^[2]

Public Office

He was a Member of Parliament for various constituencies from 1593 until his death on 20 Feb 1630. ^[1]

By 1595 he was secretary to Charles Howard I ^[1]

From 1599 to 1611 he was surveyor of the navy ^[1]

1598 he was clerk of Windsor castle and steward and receiver of manor and honour of Windsor 1598 ^[1]

He was knighted in 1603. ^[1]

In 1603 he was keeper of Chatham castle and keeper of Oatlands park ^[1]

In 1603 he was gentleman usher of the privy chamber ^[1]

In 1625 he was gentleman of the privay chamber. ^[1]

Until his retirement in 1619 Howard kept a seat for Trevor in every Parliament at either Bletchingley or Reigate. Trevor was on the subsidy committee, 28 Feb. and 1 Mar.1593, but no mention of him is to be found in the comparatively well reported 1597 Parliament. It is thus uncertain whether it was he or Thomas Trevor who sat on two committees, 9 Dec. 1601, for ships and seamen (this must surely have been John) and the assurance of certain unspecified manors. It was probably John who was asked to collect the poor money, 17 Dec. 1601.3 ^[1]

Trevor augmented his official salaries with the profits of various ventures of his own, and charges of fraud were brought against him in 1608. He resisted a proposed inquiry into naval administration, 1613, and was himself among those appointed to inquire into abuses in the navy in 1626.4 ^[1]

He enjoyed a cut from the lord admiral’s farm of sweet wines, and another from the farm of the duty on Newcastle coals. His income exposed him to government demands for loans in his later years. By 1621 he had attached himself to the 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who provided him with Cornish borough seats in Parliament. Three of his children were buried in Weybridge church between 1590 and 1605. Trevor died at Plas Teg 2 Feb. 1630, and was buried in Hope church.5 ^[1]

Issue

He had 4 sons (1 d.v.p) and 2 daughters. ^[1]

Sir John TREVOR (1596–1673) was a Puritan Welsh landowner & politician.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} History of Parliament Online 1604-1629 [www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/trevor-sir-john-1653-1630 Sir John Trevor 1563-1630]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Assorted sources -- see Sources.

See also:

NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 207, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

• NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 207, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
• Wikipedia free encyclopedia online for John TREVOR (1596–1673).
• National Library of Wales for John TREVOR
• Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
• History of Parliament Online 1604-1629 by Simon Healy.
• 1762 Parliamentary History, xxi, 16.
• 1808 Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 by Thomas Hansard.
• ‎1847 History & Antiquities of the County of Buckingham for Sir John TREVOR, Knight of Trevellian; Master of the Rolls & Speaker of the House of Commons 1659; ob. 17 July 1673 m=Anne (eldest daughter of Edmund HAMPDEN).
• 1930 Concise Dictionary of National Biography.
• 1954 "Members of the Long Parliament" by D. Brunton & D. H. Penningto & published by George Allen & Unwin.
• Visitation of the County of Cornwall in 1620: Trevanion Page 240

Venn Cambridge Alumni: John Trevor